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Amos 1:3-11

3This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“ForH5921 threeH7969 transgressionsH6588 of DamascusH1834, evenH5921 fourH702,I will notH3808 revokeH7725 My judgment,1becauseH5921 they threshedH1758 GileadH1568with sledgesH2742 of ironH1270.4So I will sendH7971 fireH784 upon the houseH1004 of HazaelH2371to consumeH398 the citadelsH759 ofH1130 Ben-hadadH1130.5I will break downH7665 the gatesH1280 of DamascusH1834;I will cut offH3772 the rulerH34272 from the Valley of AvenH1237H2063and the one who wieldsH8551 the scepterH7626 in Beth-edenH1040.The peopleH5971 of AramH758 will be exiledH1540 to KirH7024,”saysH559 the LORDH3068.

6This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“ForH5921 threeH7969 transgressionsH6588 of GazaH5804, evenH5921 fourH702,I will notH3808 revokeH7725 My judgment,becauseH5921 they exiledH1540 a wholeH8003 populationH1546,delivering them upH5462 to EdomH123.7So I will sendH7971 fireH784 upon the wallsH2346 of GazaH5804,to consumeH398 its citadelsH759.8I will cut offH3772 the rulerH3427 of AshdodH795and the one who wieldsH8551 the scepterH7626 in AshkelonH831.I will turnH7725 My handH3027 againstH5921 EkronH6138,and the remnantH7611 of the PhilistinesH6430 will perishH6,”saysH559 the LordH136 GODH3069.

9This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“ForH5921 threeH7969 transgressionsH6588 of TyreH6865, evenH5921 fourH702,I will notH3808 revokeH7725 My judgment,becauseH5921 they delivered upH5462 a wholeH8003 congregation of exilesH1546 to EdomH123and brokeH3808H2142 a covenantH1285 of brotherhoodH251.10So I will sendH7971 fireH784 upon the wallsH2346 of TyreH6865to consumeH398 its citadelsH759.”

11This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“ForH5921 threeH7969 transgressionsH6588 of EdomH123, evenH5921 fourH702,I will notH3808 revokeH7725 My judgment,becauseH5921 he pursuedH7291 his brotherH251 with the swordH2719and stifledH7843 all compassionH7356;his angerH639 ragedH2963 continuallyH5703,and his furyH5678 flamedH8104 incessantlyH5331.
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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 1:3 Or I will not revoke the punishment; Hebrew I will not revoke it; also in verses 6, 9, 11, and 13 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 1:5 Or the inhabitants ↩
  3. 3. Amos 1:5 Aven means wickedness. ↩

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